219/365. 7 August 2010
Runaway Train - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Lovely Saturday spent doing nothing. Went into the city for awhile and got this shot. It's the city circle tram. I hear it's free and it, as it's name implies, circles the city.
Did a bit of HDR to this and viola. For all of you that want to see more of my HDR stuff, I've got a whole set on Flickr set up for it. Come by if you have time. All you have to do is click here.
See you tomorrow.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
218/365
218/365. 6 August 2010
Proud Mary - CCR
For us that drive on the right side of the road, the bane of our driving existence is the sight of big trucks on the right lane. Seriously, it's meant to be the faster lane, but I feel there's an element of road bullying when these big guys stay on the right hand lane, blocking traffic.
They say that we should also be aware that they take longer to stop and we should be aware enough not to cut into them too suddenly. That's fair. They too have to recognise that these things take longer to get up to speed from a standing stop. So them sticking on the right lane just slows everyone down.
That's my rant for the day. Today's shot is of a big truck waiting at the lights on the right hand lane, not turning, just slowing everyone else down.
On the photography side, the HDR really brings out the chromey, milky look of everything. Love it. More tomorrow.
Proud Mary - CCR
For us that drive on the right side of the road, the bane of our driving existence is the sight of big trucks on the right lane. Seriously, it's meant to be the faster lane, but I feel there's an element of road bullying when these big guys stay on the right hand lane, blocking traffic.
They say that we should also be aware that they take longer to stop and we should be aware enough not to cut into them too suddenly. That's fair. They too have to recognise that these things take longer to get up to speed from a standing stop. So them sticking on the right lane just slows everyone down.
That's my rant for the day. Today's shot is of a big truck waiting at the lights on the right hand lane, not turning, just slowing everyone else down.
On the photography side, the HDR really brings out the chromey, milky look of everything. Love it. More tomorrow.
Friday, August 6, 2010
217/365
217/365. 5 August 2010
Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
Took this shot on the drive home. The sun was just setting , the light was pretty good and the lights were red! (see top right hand corner). I got home and had an HDR breakthrough (getting consistency in the HDR images) while working on this shot.
Shot was taken on the Napean Highway at Southland Shopping Centre. That bridge you see going across is actually a few floors of retail space. This part of my drive also has 5 traffic lights in the space of 800 meters, and the chances of going pass all 5 with out stopping is slim to none.
Some stats, my daily commute is 24 kms each way. Going to work I have to pass 53 traffic lights, including 2 guaranteed red lights. There has been only 3 times in my thousand over commutes that either one of the 2 lights have been green while I was crossing, never once have they ever been green together. It's a conspiracy I swear! More tomorrow.
Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
Took this shot on the drive home. The sun was just setting , the light was pretty good and the lights were red! (see top right hand corner). I got home and had an HDR breakthrough (getting consistency in the HDR images) while working on this shot.
Shot was taken on the Napean Highway at Southland Shopping Centre. That bridge you see going across is actually a few floors of retail space. This part of my drive also has 5 traffic lights in the space of 800 meters, and the chances of going pass all 5 with out stopping is slim to none.
Some stats, my daily commute is 24 kms each way. Going to work I have to pass 53 traffic lights, including 2 guaranteed red lights. There has been only 3 times in my thousand over commutes that either one of the 2 lights have been green while I was crossing, never once have they ever been green together. It's a conspiracy I swear! More tomorrow.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
216/365
216/365. 4 August 2010
Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Elvis Presley
You know things are getting desperate when I start shooting my shoes. As you can see, my footwear comes in a variety of colours, namely black and brown. They are divided into 2 categories - work and play. And of the nine pairs you see, the black boots in the middle on the top row and the black sneakers right on the bottom row, get used 95% of the time.
Took the shot with a single flash from above the black boots with a softbox. I also HDR'd the picture and hence the slightly freaky colours and exposure. More tomorrow.
Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Elvis Presley
You know things are getting desperate when I start shooting my shoes. As you can see, my footwear comes in a variety of colours, namely black and brown. They are divided into 2 categories - work and play. And of the nine pairs you see, the black boots in the middle on the top row and the black sneakers right on the bottom row, get used 95% of the time.
Took the shot with a single flash from above the black boots with a softbox. I also HDR'd the picture and hence the slightly freaky colours and exposure. More tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
215/365
215/365. 3 August 2010
Tin Pan Alley - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Found this shot I took a few weeks ago, and decided to use it for today's 365 instead of the one I took today (which wasn't very interesting at all). This shot is just another one of Melbourne's alleyways in the city. Most of these alleys have hidden treasures in the form of bars, restaurants and shops around the next corner. This one, I'm afraid, holds no treasure other than the bright colours of urban decay.
Ran it through HDR and did some channel cancellation and this is the result - a colour-muted HDR view of one of the backlanes of Melbourne. More tomorrow.
Tin Pan Alley - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Found this shot I took a few weeks ago, and decided to use it for today's 365 instead of the one I took today (which wasn't very interesting at all). This shot is just another one of Melbourne's alleyways in the city. Most of these alleys have hidden treasures in the form of bars, restaurants and shops around the next corner. This one, I'm afraid, holds no treasure other than the bright colours of urban decay.
Ran it through HDR and did some channel cancellation and this is the result - a colour-muted HDR view of one of the backlanes of Melbourne. More tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
214/365
214/365. 2 August 2010
A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
Finally got to combine the 3 things I've been trying for the past few months. That's off camera flash, bokeh and HDR. Took this shot with the guitar in front of of my balcony door with 2 flash units. Took the shots of the bokeh lights and HDR'd it. Superimposed the lights over the wet glass and layered a reflection of the lights on the guitar. Till tomorrow then.
A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
Finally got to combine the 3 things I've been trying for the past few months. That's off camera flash, bokeh and HDR. Took this shot with the guitar in front of of my balcony door with 2 flash units. Took the shots of the bokeh lights and HDR'd it. Superimposed the lights over the wet glass and layered a reflection of the lights on the guitar. Till tomorrow then.
Monday, August 2, 2010
213/365
213/365. 1 August 2010
Aerials - System of A Down
Late posting again. Took this with my new lens, a 25 year old Minolta AF 28-85mm F3.5-4.5. I bought the lens on a whim, but just the sheer tank-like build and sharpness of the lens is really something to behold.
Took this shot just as the storm clouds were rolling in around mid-afternoon. It ended up raining, hailing and being really cold... perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon. I did do a little HDR post processing to bring out the contrasting clouds. More tomorrow.
Aerials - System of A Down
Late posting again. Took this with my new lens, a 25 year old Minolta AF 28-85mm F3.5-4.5. I bought the lens on a whim, but just the sheer tank-like build and sharpness of the lens is really something to behold.
Took this shot just as the storm clouds were rolling in around mid-afternoon. It ended up raining, hailing and being really cold... perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon. I did do a little HDR post processing to bring out the contrasting clouds. More tomorrow.
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